Award-winning musician, filmmaker and Wahine Toa Award recipient Te KuraHuia has unveiled her latest music video, Ms. Divine, a powerful celebration of wāhine, weaving together music, storytelling and ...

Diabetes continues to have a devastating impact on Māori communities across Aotearoa, but one Northland health provider is demonstrating that culturally grounded, whānau-centred care can make a real ...

A Māori-developed economic framework is challenging conventional thinking about how success is measured, arguing that the true value of investment cannot be captured by financial returns alone.

A leading advocate for ending sexual violence says New Zealand should move immediately to strengthen its sexual consent laws, arguing that delaying reform until after the election risks prolonging ...

A leading legal academic says New Zealand has an opportunity to modernise its sexual consent laws immediately, questioning why the Government is waiting until after the election when there appears […] ...

I’ve developed a chronic case of Electxiety By Mātengahere Mete In May 2026, the New Zealand government changed the law. Not for future cases. For all cases. Including Mike Smith’s. […] ...

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Thousands of public servants are now involved in collective bargaining across several government agencies, with staff at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) set to hold ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has outlined a series of election commitments spanning electoral law, environmental reform and political standards, positioning Labour as an alternative to what he ...

Infrastructure New Zealand is calling for a fundamental overhaul of how the country plans, funds and delivers major infrastructure projects, arguing New Zealand already spends enough on roads, ...

Concerns are mounting over the Government’s sweeping replacement of the Resource Management Act (RMA), with kaupapa Māori environmental expert Tina Porou warning the reforms could significantly reduce ...

For most New Zealanders born overseas to Kiwi parents, citizenship is something rarely questioned. For Ngāpuhi father John Ruddock, it became the defining battle of his life. What began as […] ...